{"id":406091,"date":"2026-09-21T11:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406091\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:18:08","slug":"pain-at-the-pump-floridas-average-price-for-gas-hits-4-30-a-gallon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406091\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain at the pump: Florida\u2019s average price for gas hits $4.30 a gallon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Florida gas prices surged 21 cents per gallon last week as rising crude oil prices pushed fuel costs higher nationwide. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Prices edged a bit lower through the weekend, settling at $4.30 per gallon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sunday\u2019s state average of $4.30 a gallon is: <\/p>\n<p>15 cents more than a week ago35 cents more than a month ago$1.16 per gallon more than this time last year<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The increase in pump prices comes as crude oil prices continue to climb. Oil prices rose by as much as 27% during the past three weeks, with Tuesday\u2019s closing price of $105.83 per barrel marking the highest daily settlement since May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cSince oil accounts for about half the price of gasoline, higher crude costs are making their way to gas stations nationwide,\u201d said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA &#8211; The Auto Club Group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Drivers are now paying about $65 to fill an average-sized 15-gallon gas tank. That\u2019s roughly $6 more than a month ago and nearly $20 more than this time last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/GasPrices.AAA.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/GasPrices.AAA.com\">GasPrices.AAA.com<\/a> to view state and local average gas prices<\/p>\n<p>Regional Prices<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Most expensive metro markets \u2013 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ($4.45), Homosassa Springs ($4.37), Naples ($4.37) <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Least expensive metro markets \u2013 Panama City ($4.04), Crestview-Fort Walton Beach ($4.05), Pensacola ($4.05)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Florida gas prices surged 21 cents per gallon last week as rising crude oil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11246,21929,28,30,29,4805],"class_list":["post-406091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-aaa","tag-average","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}